diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/meta b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/meta
index 62829331ef..9ba25f6bd3 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/multimedia/vdr-iptv/meta
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/iptv/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/iptv/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tgz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="vdr"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain vdr"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain vdr curl"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="vdr-iptv: an IPTV plugin for the Video Disk Recorder (VDR)"